Can you swim at Poole Branksome Chine?

Yes. Excellent water quality and no sewage in the last 48 hours. Poole Branksome Chine is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.

What is the water quality like at Poole Branksome Chine?

Poole Branksome Chine is rated Excellent in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 26 August 2026, showed 18 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 95 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.

Has there been sewage at Poole Branksome Chine recently?

No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Poole Branksome Chine has discharged in the last 48 hours.

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Poole Branksome Chine

Yes. Excellent water quality and no sewage in the last 48 hours.

Water quality only This says nothing about tides, rip currents, cold water shock or lifeguard cover. Cold water and currents are dangerous even when the water is clean. Read the local signs before you go in. What we cannot tell you.

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Why this verdict

Annual classification: Excellent (positive factor)
Pollution risk forecast: Normal (positive factor)
Rainfall (24h): 0mm (positive factor)
Latest E. coli: 18 cfu/100ml (positive factor)
Latest intestinal enterococci: 95 cfu/100ml (positive factor)

Latest bacteria reading

Latest sample · 26 August 2026 · 6 days ago

E. coli: 18cfu/100ml
Intestinal enterococci: 95cfu/100ml

The regulator samples weekly during the bathing season. E. coli and intestinal enterococci are the indicator organisms used in the official classification.

Storm overflows nearby

The Environment Agency does not link any storm overflow directly to Poole Branksome Chine, so there is no spill record for it. There were 50 monitored overflows within ten kilometres in 2025, whether or not they drain here.

Common questions

Can you swim at Poole Branksome Chine?: Yes. Excellent water quality and no sewage in the last 48 hours. Poole Branksome Chine is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.
What is the water quality like at Poole Branksome Chine?: Poole Branksome Chine is rated Excellent in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons. The most recent sample, taken 26 August 2026, showed 18 cfu/100ml of E. coli and 95 cfu/100ml of intestinal enterococci.
Has there been sewage at Poole Branksome Chine recently?: No. No storm overflow within ten kilometres of Poole Branksome Chine has discharged in the last 48 hours.

Where this data comes from

Spill counts from the Environment Agency EDM Storm Overflow Annual Returns, 2021 to 2025, published annually.
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